THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED, NOT BROKEN
#BLOCKADEAUSTRALIA 5th consecutive day of action blocking the Port of Newcastle, Grace hangs from a bipod over a rail bridge with a banner that reads, "the system is rigged, not broken."
Grace is right... environmental disasters, climate change, pollution and inequality are not mistakes - they are symptoms of a system built to exploit, to benefit those in power over the many.
The system is working just as intended. Politicians, corporations and the rich profit from the exploitation of people and planet because it's in their job description.
She says, "I don't think l'd be able to look at myself, if I wasn't doing something.
If you agree, join the resistance!
https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser
#BLOCKADEAUSTRALIA 5th consecutive day of action blocking the Port of Newcastle, Grace hangs from a bipod over a rail bridge with a banner that reads, "the system is rigged, not broken."
Grace is right... environmental disasters, climate change, pollution and inequality are not mistakes - they are symptoms of a system built to exploit, to benefit those in power over the many.
The system is working just as intended. Politicians, corporations and the rich profit from the exploitation of people and planet because it's in their job description.
She says, "I don't think l'd be able to look at myself, if I wasn't doing something.
If you agree, join the resistance!
https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser
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Day 3 & 4 wrap up. Sustained action at the Newcastle Coal Port.
This is just the beginning... let's take matters into our own hands #BlockadeAustralia
This is just the beginning... let's take matters into our own hands #BlockadeAustralia
Seen in Launceston, Tasmania
Google 40% of cops
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/28/revealed-the-amount-of-times-australian-police-have-breached-the-trust-afforded-to-them
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/28/revealed-the-amount-of-times-australian-police-have-breached-the-trust-afforded-to-them
the Guardian
Revealed: the amount of times Australian police have βbreached the trust afforded to themβ
Police forces are fielding hundreds of complaints about unauthorised access of police databases β and advocates are particularly worried about cases involving family violence
RESIST AUSTRALIA'S CLIMATE
DESTRUCTION
Okay, Day 9 and it's been a wild evening!
2pm: After Luke's morning action, Heike jumps on a coal train halting trains in and out of the Newcastle Coal Port.
11pm: Skye climbs into a tree-sit tied to the rail, blocking traffic for a solid 5 hours. She is kept company on her livestream by a few passionate supporters from around the world over night.
4.30am: Nate steps in at dawn for the next 3 hours, hanging from a bipod over 2-mile creek bridge leading into the world's largest coal port.
#BlockadeAustralia is a growing network that knows direct action is effective when it's targeted and sustained as it challenges power where it operates on the ground.
As long as Australia continues to exploit this continent and those who call it home, our resistance will continue.
DESTRUCTION
Okay, Day 9 and it's been a wild evening!
2pm: After Luke's morning action, Heike jumps on a coal train halting trains in and out of the Newcastle Coal Port.
11pm: Skye climbs into a tree-sit tied to the rail, blocking traffic for a solid 5 hours. She is kept company on her livestream by a few passionate supporters from around the world over night.
4.30am: Nate steps in at dawn for the next 3 hours, hanging from a bipod over 2-mile creek bridge leading into the world's largest coal port.
#BlockadeAustralia is a growing network that knows direct action is effective when it's targeted and sustained as it challenges power where it operates on the ground.
As long as Australia continues to exploit this continent and those who call it home, our resistance will continue.
Forwarded from SYDNEY CRIMINAL LAWYERS
The network of climate defenders that was targeted by police is adamant it will not be silenced.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/blockade-australia-has-shut-down-newcastle-coal-line-for-10-days-straight-interview-with-grace/
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/blockade-australia-has-shut-down-newcastle-coal-line-for-10-days-straight-interview-with-grace/
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Blockade Australia Has Shut Down Newcastle Coal Line for 10 Days Straight: Interview With Grace
The climate defence network that police designated as public enemy number one has made clear it will continue to fight for the future generations.
BREAKING: 21 year old Laura has been sentenced to 3 months jail in Newcastle court after shutting down the loading facility at the Coal Port on Sunday.
After more than 30 arrests as part of a sustained Blockade Australia mobilisation, Laura is the first to be sentenced to jail.
In the face of repression action becomes more important than ever. There are risks inherent in challenging this system but to risk standing idle is to risk everything.
Dontate to support, https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser
After more than 30 arrests as part of a sustained Blockade Australia mobilisation, Laura is the first to be sentenced to jail.
In the face of repression action becomes more important than ever. There are risks inherent in challenging this system but to risk standing idle is to risk everything.
Dontate to support, https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser
Forwarded from SYDNEY CRIMINAL LAWYERS
The activist is facing a lengthy prison sentence for acts which drew attention to environmental destruction and called out the CEO ultimately responsible.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/facing-35-years-imprisonment-for-disrupting-burrup-hub-interview-with-dbhs-joana-partyka/
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/facing-35-years-imprisonment-for-disrupting-burrup-hub-interview-with-dbhs-joana-partyka/
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Facing 35 Years Imprisonment for Disrupting Burrup Hub: Interview With DBHβs Joana Partyka
Activist Joana Partyka is facing a lengthy prison sentence for acts which drew attention to environmental destruction and called out the CEO responsible for it.
Here we go again? Maybe? This film was made in 1992 and it features interviews with BLF unionists and organisers including John Cummins, telling the story of the ALP's attacks on workers in the construction industry from 1986 to 1991.
https://youtu.be/QIYb45qfIAU?si=5AfUZqN2FwYb7dcr
https://youtu.be/QIYb45qfIAU?si=5AfUZqN2FwYb7dcr
YouTube
The Deregistration of the Builders Labourers Federation, the Victorian Story by John Tognolini
I made this film in 1992 and it features interviews with BLF unionists including John Cummins, telling the story of the ALP's attacks on workers in the construction industry from 1986 to 1991. If you go to my blog TOGS'S PLACE.COM. http://togsplace.blogspot.com.au/β¦
Forwarded from SYDNEY CRIMINAL LAWYERS
Australia has agreed to let the US and UK use parts of our nation as dumping grounds for their nuclear waste.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/aukus-may-not-guarantee-any-subs-but-it-does-ensure-us-jurisdictional-drift/
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/aukus-may-not-guarantee-any-subs-but-it-does-ensure-us-jurisdictional-drift/
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
AUKUS May Not Guarantee Any Subs, But It Does Ensure US Jurisdictional Drift
The government is now nominating areas where the US and UK can store its nuclear submarine waste, while this might too be where we dump our own waste if we ever see any subs.
Forwarded from ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT
YouTube
HIT REPORT! - THE ALF SMASHES JACINTA ALLANβS OFFICE ONCE AGAIN.
HIT REPORT!
11th July 2024, Victoria, Australia
THE ALF SMASHES JACINTA ALLANβS OFFICE ONCE AGAIN.
Received anonymously via email:
βWith the closing of the duck shooting season occurring early June, the ALF thought Jacinta Allan's office deserved a closingβ¦
11th July 2024, Victoria, Australia
THE ALF SMASHES JACINTA ALLANβS OFFICE ONCE AGAIN.
Received anonymously via email:
βWith the closing of the duck shooting season occurring early June, the ALF thought Jacinta Allan's office deserved a closingβ¦
Forwarded from SYDNEY CRIMINAL LAWYERS
Victoria police are increasingly employing heavy-handed tactics against pro-Palestinian protesters, routinely deploying pepper spray and calling in the riot squad.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/our-actions-are-having-a-political-impact-disrupts-wars-nathalie-farah-on-rising-direct-action/
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/our-actions-are-having-a-political-impact-disrupts-wars-nathalie-farah-on-rising-direct-action/
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
βOur Actions Are Having a Political Impactβ: Disrupt Wars' Nathalie Farah on Rising Direct Action
Victoria police are becoming increasingly aggressive in their handling of pro-Palestinian protesters, as the use of pepper spray and the riot squad has become the norm.
Forwarded from SYDNEY CRIMINAL LAWYERS
First Nations elder Jim Everett is asserting his unsevered right of sovereignty in the face of charges of trespassing over his attempts to protect old growth forests.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/no-jurisdiction-over-first-nations-jim-everett-puralia-meenamatta-on-sovereigns-of-country/
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/no-jurisdiction-over-first-nations-jim-everett-puralia-meenamatta-on-sovereigns-of-country/
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
βNo Jurisdiction Over First Nationsβ: Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta on Sovereigns of Country
First Nations elder Jim Everett is refusing to turn up to court, as heβs embarking on a mission of forcing the Australia state to admit it has no jurisdiction over First Peoples.
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Anonymous submission from a group of antifascist networks in so-called 'melbourne':
"In the wake of the heinous & racist riots in the UK & the NSN feeling emboldened to attempt to normalise their presence in the streets of our cities, a solidarity action was held to say
FCK NSN, FCK EDL, N@ZI SCUM GO TO HELL!
Systems of oppression always work to uphold one another and we cannot rely on the state to keep our communities safe. Community safety is maintained when we take to the streets and fight back.
Don't rely on any entity that claims authority or experience over you, liberation is a community effort, take autonomous action. Join your local antif@scist network, train, organise and bash fash."
"In the wake of the heinous & racist riots in the UK & the NSN feeling emboldened to attempt to normalise their presence in the streets of our cities, a solidarity action was held to say
FCK NSN, FCK EDL, N@ZI SCUM GO TO HELL!
Systems of oppression always work to uphold one another and we cannot rely on the state to keep our communities safe. Community safety is maintained when we take to the streets and fight back.
Don't rely on any entity that claims authority or experience over you, liberation is a community effort, take autonomous action. Join your local antif@scist network, train, organise and bash fash."
Forwarded from SYDNEY CRIMINAL LAWYERS
Authorities are treating a movement which seeks to disrupt a global weapons manufacturing trade show as more of a threat than the supply of the killing machines themselves.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/joining-disrupt-land-forces-is-a-moral-duty-in-times-of-genocidal-decay/
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/joining-disrupt-land-forces-is-a-moral-duty-in-times-of-genocidal-decay/
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Joining Disrupt Land Forces Is a Moral Duty in Times of Genocidal Decay
Police are treating a movement which seeks to disrupt a global weapons manufacturing trade show as more of a threat than the killing machines themselves.